MUSIC THERAPY FELLOWSHIPS

Thanks To Scandinavia and The Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center have partnered to create the Louis Armstrong Thanks To Scandinavia Training Program in Music and Medicine. This program provides training to music therapy scholars from Scandinavian countries to enhance clinical training, theoretical knowledge, and research toward the development of a multicultural understanding of music therapy practices in a medical context.

The program’s goal for scholars is to:

  1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of medical music psychotherapy in theory and practice.
  2. Increase capacity to build medical music therapy training models within academic training programs.
  3. Build an intra and inter network-based community of researchers and practitioners.
  4. Develop resources to implement medical music therapy programs in Scandinavian countries.
  5. Develop and exchange research, documentation, and activities models in medical music therapy.

This yearly program takes place for two weeks in July or August and provides funds for airfare to New York, housing, and training.

Applicants must meet these requirements:

  • Enrolled in a PhD level program, post-PhD program, or master’s program and have a minimum of 2 years professional experience
  • Teaching or lecture experience
  • Demonstrate a specific incentive for learning

A Certificate of Scholar training is awarded upon completion of:

  • Within 1 month of the student’s return home:
    • Submit a 5-page written report to the Louis Armstrong Thanks To Scandinavia Scholar Program indicating what was presented and learned during the training.
  • Within 1 year, the scholar must submit evidence of at least one of the following:
    • Clinical Program Development-Lecture series including contacts to local hospitals and clinics
    • University Program Development including contributions to course or curriculum development*
    • An article or research publication in music therapy or medical, social journal*

*All developments and publications should reference “The Louis Armstrong Thanks To Scandinavia Music Therapy Scholars Program.”

To apply, please complete the application in English. Applications are due by April 1 and will not be considered complete until all materials are received.

Please contact Joanne V. Loewy, Director, The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel: Joanne.Loewy@mountsinai.org with any questions.

Read an interview with Joanne Loewy here.

The Louis and Lucille Armstrong Music Therapy Department at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center

The music therapists of The Louis & Lucille Armstrong Music Therapy Department conduct daily sessions with patients in many areas of the hospital: NICU, pediatrics, family medicine, maternity, oncology, respiratory step down, ICU’s, Peter Kruger Clinic, orthopedics, hospice, pain medicine and palliative care, and radiation oncology.

The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine opened in 2005 and serves the unique healthcare needs of musicians and performing artists, linking performance-related ailments to medical and clinical music therapy services. The center is proud to host a medical director, a team of music therapists, and specialized doctors who can attend to the physical and emotional needs of the musician and performing artist.

The clinic also serves children with developmental delays such as PDD, ADHD, autism, and teens with depression. Music therapists at the clinic also treat adults who have Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease and post-stroke patients. Additionally, the center serves people at any stage of cancer. The center uses music to address symptoms such as nausea, “chemo brain,” anxiety, and depression that can accompany cancer treatment.

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